Tag Archives: End of Life Care
The Importance of Medical Social Workers in End of Life Care
Hospice and palliative care are end-of-life treatment options that family members often don’t understand and have difficulty discussing. Medical social workers help fill the need for families by looking at both the medical and emotional sides of the process to provide information and guidance. Hospice vs. Palliative Care Hospice is a comfort care philosophy for…
5 Myths of Hospice Care
The word Hospice is often associated with the idea of giving up hope. The negative connotation with the word “Hospice” can often overshadow the wonderful benefits it provides to both patients and families. Hospice provides a specialized quality of care that allows families to experience more meaningful moments together despite a terminal diagnosis. In order…
End-of-Life Care and the Advance Directive
While thinking about death is not something most people like to do, it is an inevitable part of life. Planning for end-of-life care choices today by preparing an advance directive will reduce the burden put on loved ones in the future and will ensure your end of life wishes are honored in the event you…
Hospice Care and The 5 Wishes
Unfortunately falling terminally ill is a possibility for anyone. It is important for all of us to plan ahead to ensure our wishes for the end of our life are attended to. These wishes can be very difficult questions to answer, such as who will make medical decisions for me? What treatments do and don’t…
Difficult Discussions In Home Care and Life
By: Sherry Netherland, Director of Special Projects for Assisted Healthcare Services Crisis is too often the driving force in healthcare decisions and it shouldn’t be. When we are enjoying good health we don’t think about it. Unfortunately, for many of us, the first time we think about our health is when it fails us and…